Das Boot - The Tommies' Viewpoint

After completing the Das Boot task I found myself having mental images of the end sequence from the viewpoint of the RAF.

Cut for spoilers.


"Okay chaps, this mission is codenamed Operation Fuck Your Happy Ending, You Don't Get One. I'll let our intelligence officer, Lt Archie Hicox, explain."

"Thank you sir. Jerry's managed to get his hands on an alls-well-that-ends-well Hollywood climax, complete with salvation from the jaws of death, redemption from previous failings, and a triumphant finale. Well, we'll just have to put a stop to his little game, won't we? We take off at first light."

Several hours later, off the coast of La Rochelle...

"Bleak-Message-About-The-Futility-Of-War armed and ready to fire, skipper!"

"Roger that. Aim for the teenage lad forlornly writing letters to his sweetheart!"

"Tally ho!"


And the rest is television history...